They find alarming levels of Arsenic in Rice

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They find alarming levels of Arsenic in Rice



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Imagine eating rice contaminated with arsenic every time you enjoy a delicious dish, did you know that each person consumes 42.5 kilograms of rice per year worldwide, this popular food could be hiding a dark secret, the presence of arsenic, a highly harmful element for our health, you are concerned.


If Arsenic, that heavy metal that used to be used as a deadly poison in the Middle Ages, could be on our plates, how can this be possible? Arsenic is a heavy metal that is found naturally in our environment, be it in the air in the land or in water and we can find it in two organic and inorganic forms.


The inorganic form is the most toxic and harmful to humans, but how does Arsenic end up in our rice and why should we care and do something? The answer lies in agriculture and cultivation practices, Arsenic is used in industry. wood, such as pesticides and even as a fertilizer, this makes agriculture a constant source of this dangerous substance.


As you know rice is grown in flooded fields and during the growth stage water is crucial for its development, if the water used to irrigate the fields contains high levels of arsenic, either naturally or due to the use of pesticides and fertilizer. the plant will absorb them through its tissues and will store them in its grains in what we bring to our tables.


The risk of contamination also comes from the water contaminated with arsenic that can be used to irrigate those rice fields, it is no coincidence that the largest producer of rice in the world is China and it is also the most polluted country on the planet, there is this answer.



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Government controls and regulations on this issue, in countries such as those that make up the European Union, for example, there are very strict controls to ensure that the water used in rice cultivation does not contain arsenic concentrations higher than those allowed and the use is avoided. of pesticides, herbicides or fertilizers contaminated with Arsenic, but the European food safety authority insists that much more attention should be paid to the issue of Arsenic in rice. Unfortunately, in our countries controls are much less strict or even non-existent, which leaves the door open to a more complicated situation, the contaminated rice that they do not have in Europe is sent to our countries.


Arsenic in rice is a reality and these figures confirm it. Taking these data into account, the consumer and user organization has published the results of its most recent studies precisely on the presence of arsenic in rice and its derivative products.


The results were at least alarming, it turns out that the established limit of arsenic in humans is 0.3 micrograms for each kilo of body mass, taking this example, a person who weighs, for example, 70 kilos can consume a maximum of 21 micrograms of arsenic daily, Of course, if you do not consume anything, it is better, but that is the maximum limit, while someone who weighs, for example, 55 kilos can consume up to 16.5 micrograms, these figures are important to understand the study.


The study of the Organization of consumers and users, this entity thoroughly analyzed the different presentations of rice and its derivatives, managing to discover that brown rice, for example, and rice pancakes are the presentations that contain the most Arsenic, brown rice has a concentration of 131 micrograms of Arsenic for each kilo of product.



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Nobody eats a kilo of rice a day, but you don't necessarily have to eat a kilo of rice a day to go over the Accepted Limit. With the same example of a 70-kilo person, you could consume only approximately 160 grams, which would be a little more than a portion of rice, however, in many of our countries rice is one of the most accessible foods for millions of families, especially at this time when food is so expensive and large quantities are consumed, and that does not mean that They are exceeding those limits.


In the case of rice pancakes, for example, the concentration found was 139 micrograms per kilogram, even more than that of brown rice among the types of rice that contain the most Arsenic, after brown rice we have, for example, short-grain white rice. with 86% micrograms per kilogram, the parboiled one with 79 micrograms per kilogram, the white grain with 75 micrograms per kilogram the Asian rice that has 58 micrograms per kilogram and then the pre-cooked one with 36 micrograms per kilogram this is the type of rice healthier.


A recommendation that the OCU is to wash or soak the rice and cook it with more water and then remove it.





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That's crazy. I did not know that there is a small amount of arsenic in the rice. So many foods nowadays contain a small amount of poison and other things you don't really want to eat. It's getting harder every day to eat healthy.
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That's how it is! Whether due to negligence, ignorance or intention, they are attacking us on many fronts; And that is a single product, add the toxicity of the rest of the food we consume!

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